Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guyana or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 7.49 years against 7.44 years in Guyana as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.05 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sex gap in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs Sao Tome and Principe: Sex gap in life expectancy

Guyana

7.44 years

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

7.49 years

in 2023

Guyana rank

27th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

24th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Guyana
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 7.49 years against 7.44 years in Guyana, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 27th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 24th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 7 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.81 years	2.06 years	2.75 years	Guyana
1960s	4.82 years	3.24 years	1.58 years	Guyana
1970s	4.81 years	4.39 years	0.419 years	Guyana
1980s	5.17 years	3.66 years	1.5 years	Guyana
1990s	6.02 years	3.99 years	2.03 years	Guyana
2000s	6.35 years	4.35 years	2 years	Guyana
2010s	7.16 years	6.1 years	1.07 years	Guyana
2020s	7.45 years	7.45 years	0.0045 years	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guyana or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 7.49 years against 7.44 years in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.05 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Guyana ranks 27th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sex gap in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sex gap in life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.